(grammar) A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the thing referenced by the following noun; in English, they include my, his, her, our, your, its and their.

(grammar) Two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case, as with "St. Paul's Cathedral's vergers"; discouraged on grounds of style.

confidence in one's own powers / calmness and composure, especially when under stress

(transitive, law) To take ownership of (property) through the doctrine of adverse possession.

(law) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.

plural of double possessive

The act of one caring for or one's interest over something.

(linguistics) A suffix that indicates possession, occurs in some Uralic, Turkic, Semitic and Indo-European languages.

plural of possessive pronoun

(law) Synonym of adverse possession